Prevalence of Candida spp. in hospitalized patients and their risk factors.

abstract：:A total of 122 Candida spp. strains, isolated from a group of 100 patients hospitalized in the Santa Casa de Misericordia of Belo Horizonte were assayed for in vitro susceptibility to amphotericin B, fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole and flucytosine using a microbroth technique proposed by the National Committee...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： de Resende JC,de Resende MA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis mostly affects immunocompromised patients and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality despite currently available treatments. In that context, combination therapy might be the key to a better outcome for these patients. Purpose of this review is to summarise and to discuss the current combinatio...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schwarz P,Cornely OA,Dannaoui E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microsporum canis is a zoophilic species, found to be the most frequently isolated species in animals. M. canis causes sporadic outbreaks of infections in humans, such as the one that occurred in Canada, where more than 1000 human cases were detected over an 8-year period. Despite the medical importance of M...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Abastabar M,Jedi A,Guillot J,Ilkit M,Eidi S,Hedayati MT,Shokohi T,Daie Ghazvini R,Rezaei-Matehkolaei A,Katiraee F,Javidnia J,Ahmadi B,Badali H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis is a deep mycosis endemic to Latin America, with considerable morbidity and mortality. It is caused by the dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, which affects, among other organs in the human body, the oral cavity. Fungus virulence and immunocompetence of the host determine the establi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Abreu e Silva MÀ,Salum FG,Figueiredo MA,Cherubini K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Candida antibodies were determined in 2053 sera with an indirect hemagglutination test (HAT; Labor Diagnostika, Heiden, Germany) and with an enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) which detects IgG antibodies (Institut Virion, Würzburg, Germany). Antigen diagnostics was performed with the Cand-Tec-test (Ramco, Houston, USA)....

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Werle E,Kappe R,Fiehn W,Sonntag HG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One atypical isolate of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans was isolated from an Italian patient with vulvovaginitis. The strain, germ tube positive and chlamydospore-negative showed white-thin turquoise colonies on Candida ID 2 medium. The yeast was identified as Candida africana by using morphological and biochemi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Romeo O,Criseo G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MIC values of the antifungal drug ketoconazole were evaluated on 66 Candida albicans strains. These strains were isolated from 26 HIV-1 infected patients with oral recurrent candidosis. Each episode of oral candidosis observed in these patients was orally treated with ketoconazole (200 mg/day) until the clinical d...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Bruatto M,Marinuzzi G,Raiteri R,Sinicco A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Candida albicans isolates were collected from a HIV-positive patient with recurrent oropharyngeal candidosis (OPC). One isolate was taken during the first episode of oral candidosis [fluconazole susceptible (FLU-S), minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) = 0.25 mg l(-1) ] and the second after the patient developed...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schulz B,Weber K,Schmidt A,Borg-von Zepelin M,Ruhnke M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clioquinol was used in the 1950s-1970s as antimicrobial but its oral formulations were withdrawn from the market due to suspected neurotoxicity. Currently, there is possibility of repositioning of oral clioquinol formulations. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the antifungal activity and toxicological parameters of cl...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Pippi B,Merkel S,Staudt KJ,Teixeira ML,de Araújo BV,Zanette RA,Andrade SF,Fuentefria AM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic black yeast are particularly known through the genus Exophiala, characterised by annellidic budding cells. However, this phenotype is polyphyletic within the order Chaetothyriales. Seventeen generic names are available in the family Herpotrichiellaceae, one of which is Exophiala. Future taxonomy will...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Moussa TAA,Al-Zahrani HS,Kadasa NMS,Moreno LF,Gerrits van den Ende AHG,de Hoog GS,Al-Hatmi AMS

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and prevalence of fungal infections in Tanzania remains unknown. We assessed the annual burden in the general population and among populations at risk. Data were extracted from 2012 reports of the Tanzanian AIDS program, WHO, reports, Tanzanian census, and from a comprehensive PubMed search. We used mode...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Faini D,Maokola W,Furrer H,Hatz C,Battegay M,Tanner M,Denning DW,Letang E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terbinafine was remarkably effective in tinea barbae due to Trichophyton rubrum on the cheek in front of the right ear in a 75-year-old man. This patient also showed tinea pedis and unguium, but these were due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes and were unrelated to the tinea in the cheek. This patient showed an atypical ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Tanuma H,Doi M,Nishiyama S,Katsuoka K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared two phenotypic methods, colony morphotyping on Sabouraudtripheniltetrazolium agar (STTZ) and serotyping, with two genotypic methods, karyotyping and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA bands obtained by PCR amplification (RAPD-PCR), for strain delineation in 33 Candida clinical isolates and two C. albicans st...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Del Castillo L,Bikandi J,Nieto A,Quindós G,Sentandreu R,Pontón J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is the fourth most germ that can be identified on surgical intensive care unit (SICU). During the course of severe peritonitis recognition of Candida is crucial for physicians but interpretation of Candida-positive microbiologic samples is difficult. The indication for antimycotic therapy requires dif...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kujath P,Bouchard R,Nolde J,Scheele J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although human immundeficiency virus (HIV) infection is endemic in Southeast Asia, data on oral mycotic flora in this disease in Asians are sparse. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Candida species in HIV-infected Cambodians with oral candidosis, unexposed (group 1) and exposed to antimycotics (...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schmidt-Westhausen AM,Bendick C,Reichart PA,Samaranayake LP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor clinical outcome and complicated neurological complications illustrate the severity of bone and joint infections with Aspergillus species. Host predisposing conditions are immunosuppression, intravenous drug use, a variety of chronic underlying diseases and prior surgical interventions. Nosocomial infections may ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Koehler P,Tacke D,Cornely OA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between May 1, 1988 and January 1, 1990, 10 patients were treated for Candida peritonitis. Origins of the infections were lesions and perforations of the gastrointestinal tract. Risk factors promoting the disease were tumours, diabetes mellitus and extensive antibiotic therapy. The mean classification by the APACHE sc...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Kujath P,Lerch K,Dämmrich J

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to evaluate the in vitro activity of voriconazole compared with those of amphotericin B, itraconazole and fluconazole against 132 bloodstream isolates of Candida non-albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae species. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined by an adapted National Committee ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Swinne D,Watelle M,Van der Flaes M,Nolard N

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of two cases of pseudallescheriasis in organ transplant patients are described and the disease in that population is reviewed. Disseminated hospital-acquired infection occurred in a liver transplant recipient and was fatal despite therapy with miconazole. A heart transplant recipient developed localiz...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Patterson TF,Andriole VT,Zervos MJ,Therasse D,Kauffman CA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasmosis is an important systemic mycosis in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Increasingly cases are recognised in nonendemic areas. Proper management requires recognition of the clinical syndromes caused by Histoplasma capsulatum infection, familiarity with the uses and limitations of the diagnostic tests, an un...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Wheat LJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of serum galactomannan (GM) and (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BG) is considered useful for non-culture diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in neutropenic patients. Only few studies evaluated these seromarkers in non-neutropenic patients suspected of having IPA. The aim of this study was to evaluate both ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Dobias R,Jaworska P,Tomaskova H,Kanova M,Lyskova P,Vrba Z,Holub C,Svobodová L,Hamal P,Raska M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An atypical strain of Microsporum canis was isolated in our laboratory, which was characterized by a variety of polymorphous macroconidia. These are demonstrated by illustrations. Based on our observation and literature, the relationship between Microsporum canis and Microsporum distortum is discussed. Epidemiologic a...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Brasch J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autopsy rates in Germany became low like in other European, American and Asian countries. Main reasons for this development are the lack of acceptance of autopsy in the society as well as in the medical profession, the introduction of a requirement for consent, unclear legal position, the public health system, pre...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Knoke M,Bernhardt H,Schwesinger G

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report about our experiences obtained with the Vitek system (bioMerieux, Nürtingen) for identification of 1160 clinical Candida isolates. The Vitek system correctly identified 1005 (86.6%) Candida isolates (probability > or = 85%): 776 (66.9%) strains were identified after 24 h of incubation, 229 (19.7%) required 4...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Schulz K,Bernhardt H,Schröder G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of tinea capitis due to Microsporum gypseum in an adult is described. An otherwise healthy 69-year-old woman presented two large patches of slightly erythematous scaling alopecia localized on the vertex and on the left parietal region of the scalp. The only subjective sign was itching. A mycological culture was...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Offidani A,Simoncini C,Arzeni D,Cellini A,Amerio P,Scalise G

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) revised the clinical breakpoints (CBPs) for the azoles and echinocandins against Candida species in 2012. We aimed to report the epidemiology of candidemia and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species and evaluate the impact of new CBPs on antifungal susceptibi...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Chen YC,Kuo SF,Chen FJ,Lee CH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study reviews the occurrence and treatment of various forms of tinea capitis at the out-patient clinic for Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology of the University Hospital Sophia/Dijkzigt over the period 1977-1988. Tinea capitis was diagnosed in 64 children. Trichophyton violaceum was the pathogen m...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： van der Willigen AH,Oranje AP,de Weerdt-van Ameijden S,Wagenvoort JH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cunninghamella bertholletiae, a rare causative agent of mycosis among immunocompromised patients has been reported with increased frequency from western countries in recent years. We report a case of C. bertholletiae pulmonary infection in a 42-year-old male patient who developed graft-vs.-host disease following bone ...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Sivakumar S,Mathews MS,George B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of tinea incognito (TI) appears to have increased over recent years, although no large series of cases has been reported in children. The aim of this study was to analyse the main epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of TI diagnosed in children in comparison with other tineas. We...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： del Boz J,Crespo V,Rivas-Ruiz F,de Troya M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the genetic diversity of Candida albicans strains and the correlation between the antifungal susceptibility and gene diversity of C. albicans were carried out and the results were found to be inconsistent. To investigate antifungal susceptibility and genotypes of C. albicans strains from patients with vulvo...

journal_title：Mycoses

authors： Liu XP,Fan SR,Bai FY,Li J,Liao QP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00